Myth and TTRPGs | A Research Roundup

Today, we are lookin at the relationship between mythology and tabletop role-playing games. This is part of my theoretical backings for the TTRPG and communal storytelling research project. So today, we're talking about some of the ideas behind this, and the readings you can go and explore on your own if you so wish.

Contents:
00:00 - Intro
01:39 - Myth and Popular Culture
06:58 - What is Myth?
13:59 - TTRPGs
20:53 - Wrap Up

Readings:
Asimos, Vivian (2019) "Video Games as Contemporary Mythology" Implicit Religion 21 (1): 97-109.

Asimos, Vivian (2021) Digital Mythology and the Internet's Monster. Bloomsbury Academic.

Ben-Amos, Dan (1983) "The Idea of Folklore: an essay" in Studies in Aggadah and Jewish Folklore, pgs 11-17.

Bowman, Sarah (2010) The Functions of Role-Playing Games: how participants create community, solve problems, and explore identity. McFarland & Co.

Kunin, Seth (2003) "The Allegory of the Olive Tree: a case study for (neo)structuralist analysis," Religion 33 (2): 105-125.

Levi-Strauss, Claude (1963) "The Structural Study of Myth," in Structural Anthopology, Vol. 1, pgs 206-231. Basic Books.

Miles-Watson, Jonathan (2012) "The Cathedral on the Ridge and the Implicit Mythology of the Shimla Hills," Suomen Antropologi: journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society 37 (4): 30-46.

Milligan, Amy (2018) "American Bodylore and Folk Dress," in the Oxford Handbook of American Folklore and Folklife Studies," Oxford University Press, pgs 452-469.
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Links:

Incidental Mythology Video "Pop Culture as Mythology"
   • Popular Culture as Mythology  

Introduction to the Study of Myth Udemy Course
https://www.udemy.com/course/introduc...

TTRPG and Communal Storytelling Playlist
   • TTRPGs and Communal Storytelling  

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